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Featured Faura Heather Widman Investments

Our Investment in Faura

In the last three years, the US experienced 73 weather and climate disasters that amounted to more than $460 billion in property damage. Due to climate change, these disasters are…

Heather WidmanFebruary 12, 2025

Joist AI Lucas Turner-Owens Investments

The proposal process in architecture, engineering, and construction is largely manual today. This time-consuming process involves tedious tasks such as data collection, classification, and tagging. Most teams don’t have a…

Lucas Turner-OwensJanuary 1, 2025

Newsletters

Winter 2024 Newsletter

As we’re heading into the end of the year here in Boston, we have snow on the ground, lights shining on our office trees, and a lot to reflect on…

Building VenturesDecember 16, 2024

Building Ventures Partner Heather Widman presented BXP SVP and CTO Jim Whalen with the 2024 Building Ventures Innovator Award.

Featured Allen Preger Building Ventures Updates

Announcing Jim Whalen as Building Ventures Innovator 2024

At the end of October, our team gathered in New York City with the Building Ventures Innovators Network, the BVIN, for our annual fall summit. Our audience—more than a hundred…

Allen PregerNovember 21, 2024

Mayra Arntz Building Ventures Updates

Adoption of AI in the Construction Industry: The Venture Perspective

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is not new. But only recently has this technology experienced a significant surge in mainstream adoption, particularly following the release of ChatGPT in November 2022. Before…

Mayra ArntzOctober 21, 2024

Lucas Turner-Owens Building Ventures Investment Thesis

Ensuring Our Built World Helps Us Thrive

At Building Ventures, we believe that a better built world is one that enables people to meet all of their needs. After all, if there were no people on this…

Lucas Turner-OwensSeptember 17, 2024

Newsletters

Fall 2024 Newsletter

The beginning of fall in Boston is always charged with back to school energy. As the Ts and sidewalks fill up with returning students—and their unwieldy, textbook-laden backpacks—the leaves turn…

Building VenturesSeptember 16, 2024

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Adaptis Lucas Turner-Owens Investments

Our Investment in Adaptis

In order to create a more sustainable built environment, we will need solutions that cover the full scope of the problem and address all four areas of impact on our…

Lucas Turner-OwensSeptember 1, 2024

UpCodes Travis Connors Investments

Our Continued Investment in UpCodes

“Upcodes is one of the best things that has ever happened to the profession—hands down!” - Teri Coates CANVAS Architecture Constructing or renovating anything in the built environment means reconciling…

Travis ConnorsAugust 31, 2024

Building Ventures Investment Thesis Mayra Arntz

Leveraging AI for Better Building

I’m passionate about how technology impacts working in the field because of my experience working in both construction and construction technology startups. Twelve years ago, I worked in project controls…

Mayra ArntzJuly 16, 2024

Our Investment in Faura

Our Investment in Joist AI